The realm of Flesh and Blood Sentience.
The human body could now do all sorts of incredible things.
A single thought.
Organs shifted position, functions stopped or intensified, bones, flesh, and hair changed as they grew, nutrients and energy flowed where directed, and muscle power shifted course...
A whole series of minute bodily adjustments beyond the reach of ordinary people came effortlessly to Wu Dao now.
Take the so-called Unified Force of the Cocoon-Breaking Realm, for example.
At its root, it was the result of a transformed physique and a strengthened physical foundation. With powerful mental intent, one commanded the muscles, bones, and sinews throughout the body, inside and out, keeping one's strength "taut" and gathered into a single force, never letting it dissipate.
At this level of force control,
Wu Dao could now surpass even the masters!
Because he could mobilize and command the "power" generated by every muscle, organ, and even microscopic tissue in his body.
All Rivers Return to the Abyss!
Once all those originally insignificant forces were brought together, they became terrifying beyond measure. Even a little finger could snap solid iron!
And that wasn't all.
He had also acquired the "Internal Vision" described in martial arts novels.
With the two abilities working in tandem,
Wu Dao could even "operate" on himself. If something went wrong inside, a sweep of his mind would let him "see" it; he could control his microscopic tissues to repair the damage and eliminate the source of the problem.
Absolutely monstrous!
This was why, in his previous life, Heaven Stealers who had liberated their bodily potential to the Heroic Domain could reach a lifespan of five hundred years by biological science estimates!
They had initially shattered the genetic limits of inheritance.
Truly free of sickness and pain!
If they underwent another genetic transformation and liberated their bodily potential to the Overlord Realm,
they would have a lifespan of a thousand years!
At the final 100% liberation, they would truly approach the realm of immortals and Buddhas.
In his previous life, Wu Dao had estimated his lifespan based on his own physique. Without any outside factors, he could live for five thousand years!
Five thousand years!!
How long had human civilization truly existed in his previous life?
It wouldn't have been an exaggeration to call that longevity.
Of course,
longevity wasn't what Wu Dao sought.
Though the tortoise lived long, its strength remained weak.
Only eternal life that feared nothing and could never be destroyed deserved to be called true immortality!
That was the true endpoint of biological evolution and ascension!
That was what Wu Dao wanted!
"If I encounter Ghostly Entities again, I won't have to hold back anymore."
Wu Dao's mental intent coursed through his body before finally returning to the outside world. His powerful spirit circulated across his skin, forming an invisible "carapace" one centimeter thick over his body.
With this Mental Carapace,
he could touch those Fierce Ghosts and Anomalies whose nature was spiritual—intangible and formless.
Once a battle began,
his violent, murderous intent would fill the Mental Carapace.
Then, propelled by his boundless brute force, it would fuse the soul and physical realms into a combined attack, inflicting exceptionally brutal damage.
As for the supernatural paths of this world,
only martial artists with Subtle Mastery, or those whose spirits had grown powerful enough to affect external objects after a Second Rebirth, could form "Mental Armor." And even then, it was far weaker than Wu Dao's.
Of course,
the Immortal Dao was an exception. It focused on cultivating the spirit, after all; each path had its own specialty.
After experiencing his spiritual transformation,
Wu Dao finally turned his attention to the changes in his body.
Strong!
Incredibly strong!
If the Beast King Realm was the brute force of flesh and blood, then the Heroic Domain was like becoming a Steel Tyrannosaurus!
With Internal Vision,
he could clearly see—
The bones throughout his body, the load-bearing beams of human strength, had advanced beyond their former iron-and-stone texture.
Their cellular structure had changed, becoming denser. They gleamed a deep, bluish metallic color, and their weight, density, and hardness rivaled fine steel, while remaining tough and resilient!
It didn't matter whether someone tried to hack at them with a blade or an axe, or smash them with blunt force. Nothing could damage them in the slightest!
As for the marrow inside,
it was like congealed frost, ceaselessly producing surging, roiling blood, dark red with a tinge of black.
The blood was as thick as magma.
Scorching and searing, it contained tremendous heat. Even a drop of blood falling onto paper could set it ablaze instantly!
Every drop of blood also held astonishing energy!
An ordinary person who got a mouthful of Wu Dao's blood, boiled it into a tonic, and swallowed it could go three days without food or water and still feel neither hunger nor thirst!
His muscle tissue was even more terrifying.
If someone dissected Wu Dao, they would discover
that every muscle in his body—even his heart, organs, and blood vessels—was made up of tens of thousands of black fibers, finer than hair yet as hard and tough as wire!
Even the outermost layer of his skin
was incredibly brutal!
In the Beast King Realm, it had been a layer of yellow jade-like keratin.
After entering the Heroic Domain,
it had transformed into a nearly one-centimeter-thick layer of translucent "iron armor."
If an ordinary person tried to chop him with a knife,
sparks would burst out on the spot, the blade would shatter, and the impact would split the wielder's palm.
In short,
Wu Dao had now completely transcended mortal flesh. Calling him a Steel Superman wouldn't have been an exaggeration at all.
Unmatched across the battlefield!
One man's courage could not be overcome by ten thousand troops!
That saying passed down from his previous life
vividly captured the strength of a Heroic Domain Heaven Stealer. They had completely surpassed the limits of biology!
Super Strength, superhuman endurance, superhuman recovery, Near-Sonic Movement, Steel Body, and a danger sense that surpassed an animal's after his spiritual perception had transformed!
As the creator of Stealing Heaven's Secret,
Wu Dao knew just how terrifying the Heroic Domain was. Compared with it, the Beast King Realm was utterly insignificant!
And once he reached great mastery and pushed beyond his limits,
his overall physique and abilities would be multiplied several times over. Supersonic Movement would come without strain, and he could easily kill those in the previous stage in an instant.
A monster of this caliber,
in a world where the supernatural was still unknown and technology backward,
could bring a country to ruin just by playing around, if he wanted to wreak havoc and refused to meet its forces head-on.
That was why, in his previous life, the Old Humanity had hated Heaven Stealers so bitterly that they even launched a global war against them.
The gap was just too vast.
They weren't even the same kind of creature.
The weapons forged from the wisdom of countless people in the old era, passed down from one generation to the next, were nothing more than toys before powerful Heaven Stealers.
How could they not panic?
Wu Dao, the founder of the Heaven Stealers, was a "madman" who ignored the boundaries of right and wrong. Naturally, those who followed his path would turn into madmen too.
What if, one day, those madmen decided to wipe out all the Old Humanity and rule the world?
Better to prepare for danger in times of peace.
No one could calmly coexist with creatures that could crush them like ants at any moment.
But Wu Dao could only say they were overthinking it.
Why would a flying dragon care about ants?
Would wiping out the Old Humanity make him stronger?
It was a completely pointless act, with no sense of accomplishment.
He had no interest in doing it.
However,
back then, he had been trapped at the 100% Potential Liberation threshold.
To find a way forward,
he had restrained the Heaven Stealer upper ranks and allowed the Old Humanity to grow powerful, all so they could forge him a "key."
Unfortunately...
In the end, he had obtained the key.
But he hadn't been able to catch it.
Yet even though he had already "died" once,
Wu Dao felt not the slightest regret. To him, the meaning of life was to keep breaking through limits and searching for the endpoint of evolution and ascension.
If he had to stop moving forward and live in a daze,
he would rather die!!
"If I ran into another Flesh Tai Sui now, I could beat it to death in under a minute without even powering up. As for trash like Meng Qingshuang, a hundred of them would be ants!"
Wu Dao clenched his fist, sparks flashing as metal scraped against metal. He now had a clear understanding of his strength.
He could easily beat to death a supernatural creature that had undergone one Rebirth Realm transformation.
As for someone who had undergone two Rebirth Realm transformations—
a Cocoon-Breaker in the Hidden Force Stage—
he hadn't fought one, so he didn't know yet.
Still, he doubted there would be any fundamental gap between them. In a fight to the death, he had absolute confidence.
Because
after entering the Heroic Domain,
he could now perfectly adapt to the first day of the Three-Day Secret Arts of Stealing Heaven's Secret: God-Ghost Heaven.
As long as his life wasn't in danger,
Wu Dao could now maintain the God-Ghost Heaven liberation state for at least thirty minutes using only his own vitality.
Two hundred percent of his bodily functions unleashed!
With his current increase in strength, it wasn't just brutal—it was downright brutal!
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